I've got a Pear

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I've always love the wild pear trees that grow around here,and they grow everywhere. I finally have one that I found last year. It's a big one and is gonna need lots of bending and carving for what I envision for this tree. I gonna make it very gnarly and spooky like, but for i'm just gonna leave it alone and gain strength.

Pardon my photography skillz, and the messy bench-The main branch you see there will be bent back around under the trunk and build the canopy there. I'll do a virt to show what I have in mind.


Little closer of the trunk. It's has fantastic nebari but It's deeper in the pot to help with roots for not


Natural deadwood limed for now till I carve everything next year.


About halfway down the branch is a natural deadwood section that will serve as a bend point once it's carved out.


aged bark


ends of the branch
 

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I'd love to see the result, good natural Shari. I wonder if it would be easier to just cut back to that first node?
 

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Damn that's nice ! I would keep it oriented in a pot just the way it is and go for a cascading pear. A nice deep pot in a deep blue to offset the white blossoms .... For now you are smart to let it recover and gain plenty of health. The most I would do is light trimming to increase branch ramification later this summer. Leave it in the grow box for two seasons until you get a wealth of healthy roots. Its a winner right now, the position you have it in flatters the Shari and will be unique, looking like one of those trees that have leaned into a creek or river due to erosion near the shore line.

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Giga, one more thing. That is a small grow box for such a large trunked tree. It might be wise to set it on the ground so the roots could escape through the bottom into the earth. That would keep it contained in the box while giving it room to flourish. It would certainly speed up development.
Good luck with it.

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Damn that's nice ! I would keep it oriented in a pot just the way it is and go for a cascading pear. A nice deep pot in a deep blue to offset the white blossoms .... For now you are smart to let it recover and gain plenty of health. The most I would do is light trimming to increase branch ramification later this summer. Leave it in the grow box for two seasons until you get a wealth of healthy roots. Its a winner right now, the position you have it in flatters the Shari and will be unique, looking like one of those trees that have leaned into a creek or river due to erosion near the shore line.

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Giga, one more thing. That is a small grow box for such a large trunked tree. It might be wise to set it on the ground so the roots could escape through the bottom into the earth. That would keep it contained in the box while giving it room to flourish. It would certainly speed up development.
Good luck with it.

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I might just trim any branch that's out of control or too strong but I'm very hesitat to trim much on newly collected material. I'm not a fan of cascade, for what ever reason, they just don't speak to me. I'm gonna go for more Bunjin I think since these grow so weird anyway. I'm pretty sure it was run over by a truck or something years ago as this is the way I found it in the field, what a truck would be doing in the middle of nowhere you've got me. There was three tap roots then there were a good amount of feeders roots already close to the trunk. I hardly had to cut it to get it in the grow box. If I put it on the ground I worry about my dog have a go at it or bumping it, as he's a Great Dane and oblivious to his size. Maybe a small fence or something but that is a great idea. I'm new to pear but should I give it sun protection as it was growing in the middle of a clearing in sun with no protection as I seem to always find pear.
 

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forgot the butt of the tree




I also have this odd pot(14") that could work for a cascade/bunjin. I like the color as well


I think I'll be building an even large pot filled with good soil to help this since setting on the ground is not an option right now.
 

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I rubbed off most the flower so the tree would put more energy to recovering, but I left a couple just to enjoy their foul smell :)

 

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I think this is cool material... but challenging. It's almost like two trees in one - the upper, young part that you have grown and styled, and the older lower trunk. Right now, I would be thinking about air-layering off the top half, but I seem to be on an "air-layers solve all problems" kick, so I am looking forward to seeing what you do with the tree in the spring...

Looking at the tree with fresh eyes, I also see what appears to be two different types of bark on the lower trunk. The older fractured bark looks like scales, while the upper bark looks more like plates, with a clear line between the two types. Might just be different growth rates, unless it's a really old grafted tree that just ended up "in the woods". How far out did you find this thing? Is it possible it is an old nursery or landscape tree?
 

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I agree, @Bonsai Nut. Were it mine, I would be entertaining cutting down the top which would reduce the extent of young barked trunk. I see there is a sprout on the old trunk already. Maybe this would make more (but then I would be, in effect, starting all over with this tree! - maybe there is a strategy that could allow a lower canopy on the old barked trunk to develop before possibly whacking off the top).

You know, I'm beginning to hate deciduous trees. It is always the old two-step: one step forward and then two back :mad:
 

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I think this is cool material... but challenging. It's almost like two trees in one - the upper, young part that you have grown and styled, and the older lower trunk. Right now, I would be thinking about air-layering off the top half, but I seem to be on an "air-layers solve all problems" kick, so I am looking forward to seeing what you do with the tree in the spring...

Looking at the tree with fresh eyes, I also see what appears to be two different types of bark on the lower trunk. The older fractured bark looks like scales, while the upper bark looks more like plates, with a clear line between the two types. Might just be different growth rates, unless it's a really old grafted tree that just ended up "in the woods". How far out did you find this thing? Is it possible it is an old nursery or landscape tree?
I agree, @Bonsai Nut. Were it mine, I would be entertaining cutting down the top which would reduce the extent of young barked trunk. I see there is a sprout on the old trunk already. Maybe this would make more (but then I would be, in effect, starting all over with this tree! - maybe there is a strategy that could allow a lower canopy on the old barked trunk to develop before possibly whacking off the top).

You know, I'm beginning to hate deciduous trees. It is always the old two-step: one step forward and then two back :mad:


I can see where your coming from but I tend to use weird and unique features. Watch the thuja series by Ryan to understand this part. I have a clear plan for this tree and I think you guys may be just thinking too short term. Deciduous are my favorite , but they take much much longer. Give this tree another 5 to 10 years. The bark will match, carvings will be aged and done. I do see what you mean, but I'm looking at this tree 10 years from now
 
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